Effects of Various Disaster Management Approaches: An Evidence Summary

Evidence summary and contextualisation of review findings for South Asia and Bangladesh

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2017
Country:
Bangladesh
Document Type:
Systematic Review
Theme:
Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies
Authors:
Srivastava, N, Bharti, N, Tyagi, B, Saluja, S

Abstract

This evidence summary attempts to summarise the review-level evidence on the effectiveness of disaster management approaches in low and middle income countries, and to contextualize the evidence. Interventions have been systematically reviewed as per 4 phases of disaster management cycle – the 4 Rs (risk mitigation, response readiness, response execution, and recovery).

This report was commissioned under the Department for International Development’s DFID Systematic Review Programme for South Asia.

Citation

Nidhi Srivastava, Neha Bharti, Bhawna Tyagi, Sonakshi Saluja, P K Bhattacharya, Shazia Aslam, Veena Aggarwal (2016), Effects of Various Disaster Management Approaches: An Evidence Summary. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.

Published 1 January 2017
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